Two hospitalized after seaplane crash in Mamakating

By By Michael Novinson

Times Herald-Record

July 30, 2013 - 6:11 PM

MAMAKATING — Two people were hospitalized Tuesday after their seaplane crashed into the woods.

A Wurtsboro assistant fire chief said the small, single-engine floatplane fell several hundred feet after taking off from Mastens Lane and landed in the woods at 4:34 p.m. 700 feet from Lakeshore Drive.

One person was treated by medics at the scene for a head injury, while the other had no visible injuries, according to the assistant chief. Both were taken by ambulance to Orange Regional Medical Center.